Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-14

The Manitoba has begun laying
rails from Rugby Junction to Bottin.
eau, OAK, a distance of forty miles.
The grade is already completed, and
all the materials are on the ground
ready for use. 1t is the intention to
have the line completed and in opera
ton by the 18th of June. Things are
going on lively at Minot. Two hun
dred teams are now at work there,
and before thirty days 5000 teams
and an army of men will be at work
there on the Montana extension.
The Manitoba has put a fast train
between st. Paul and Grand Forks.
The train leaves st. Paul at 500 d.
m, arrives at Fargo at 6:2Op. m, and
at Grand Forks at 8 p. m, making
the run in twelve hours and forty min
utes, and stopping at all the stations,
which is two and one.half hours quick
er than heretofore.
At Canton, an indictment against
J. w. Taylor for perjury was with
drawn on motion of the district at
torney, and the case against the same
gentleman for embezzlement was con-
tinued. The criminal libel suit against
Carter Bros, of the Advocate, was
continued on motion of the defense.
c. Schenck of st. Paul, representing
X. P. Kissineer & Co. Milwaukee, died
suddenly at the Sanborn house,
Mitchell. He came in at night and
complained OF being i'll. Toward
morning the clerk heard him groan-
ing, and sent a doctor to his room,
who administered a hyperdermic in
lection of morphine in his leg. Two
hours later Schenck was found dead
in bee. The coroner's inquest decided
that death was the direct result of
morphine, but wheeler from the in
lection or a dose taken internally is
not known.
The land Office at Huron has receiv-
ed its first batch of patents since
Sparks took office, end 435 OF them
are subject to the order of the own
ers.
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ell is September 26 to 80.
/. C. Wade has sent in his resigna-
tion to Gov. Church as member of the
North Dakota board OF agriculture.
Mandan: The democrats elected
their candidate tor mayor, C. f.
Mech, and the entire ticket.
John F. Norton is the newly elected
mayor at Sioux Falls.
s. J. Bills, of Sioux Falls, on return
ing home, found his wife lying dead
on the floor.
The Argus and Leader, of Sioux
Falls, have been bought by a Joint
stock company and consolidated.
The sheriff of Hand county arrested
Vim. Garom AT Highmore for confs-
eating another mans property.
Geo. W. Hopp, the retiringpostmas-
ter of Brookings, has held the posi-
ton since the inception of the town.
Gov. Church, on his return from
Washington will organize two compa-
MES of mounted militia amongthe set
tiers in the Turtle mountain region.
At Redfield, steingrube, injured by
d runaway team, died of his injuries.
The secretary of the interior has at-
frmsd the decision of thecommission-
er in cancelling the entry OF j. W. Rey-
nolds to certain land in the Yankton
district.
A fire in the house of 4. l.. Bjoberg
at Pierre, was extinguished after doing
$500 worth of damage. Fully insur-
ed. Knute Evansen, who was sleeping
in the house was suffocated.
A son of w. NJ. Paxton. proprietor
of tie tow mills at Canton, was
cat ght in the machinery and badly
Crushed in the legs. He will probably
die.
Rowland Rees, postmaster at Hen
len, was arrested at Yankton and
brought before the United States com.
missioner charged with embezzling
funds belonging to the government.
He waived examination and was put
under bonds.
Edward Kerns, a convict at the
penitentiary at Sioux Falls, died ofcon-
sumption. He came from Duel county,
and was serving q years sentence for
burglary.
The new Lake Park Hotel at Madi
son is open for business.